Table of Contents Volume I
Introduction
Unit 1- An Islamic Perspective on Pre-History
Section 1: Before Creation
Section 2: What Came Second? The Big Bang in the Qur’an
Story: Creation, The Wise Man, and the Student
Section 3: What Came Next? The Order of Creation
Fascinating Facts: Einstein’s Theory
Section 4: Were There Species on Earth before Adam?
Section 5: The World of the Jinn
Section 6: Adam and the Pre-Flood Civilization
Part 1: His creation
Story: The Root of the tree of Humankind – Adam
Part 2: Proposed Timeline for the Twenty-Five Prophets in the Qur’an
Part 3: Adam and Hawa Descending - Archeological Facts
Section 7: Adam and his children (?) to 14,000 BCE
Section 8: A Son of Adam Given Prophethood: Sheeth, Music, and the Archeological Facts – Between One and Three Thousand Years from Adam
Section 9: Between Four and Five Thousand Years from Adam
Section 10: Between Six and Seven Thousand Years from Adam
Section 11: Idris, Third in Line of Prophets, Fayoum
Section 12: The Precursors to the Pyramids
Fascinating Facts: The Origins of Pyramids and Mounds 8000 BCE
Unit 2: Nuh and Life before the Sumerians
Section 1: Timeline: Life on the Fertile Crescent Pre-Flood: Adam to Nuh
Section 2: The Rise of Idol Worship in the World
Section 3: Nuh and His Sons-Sam, Ham, Japheth, and the Great Flood
Story: The Wise Man and the Student- Nuh and the Flood
Section 4: Stories of Adam and Hawa in Sumerian Culture
Section 5: Connecting the Dots from Pre-Flood to Post-Flood
Unit 3: Aad and Thamud - the Semites of Arabia
Section 1: The History of Aad
Section 2: The Rise and Fall of the Aad
Story: Mahih of the Tribe of Aad
Section 3: Aad II: Those Whom Allah Saved
Section 4: Thamud: The Next Generation of Aad
Section 5: A Sign of Allah: The She-Camel and the Road to Destruction
Story: The Cry of the She-Camel
Fascinating Facts: Camels
Section 6: The History and Lineage of the Sumerians
Unit 4: Prophet Ibrahim
Section 1: The Progression of Cultures Post-flood
Section 2: The History of Ur: The Likely Birthplace of Prophet Ibrahim
Story: Pagan Processional- Following the “Trail of the gods”
Section 3: Ibrahim, the Khaleel or Friend of Allah
Story: The Tree that Binds
Section 4: Early Prophethood and the Coolness of the Fire
Section 5: Ibrahim’s Visit to Babylon and Nimrod the Tyrant
Section 6: The City of Harran: A Lesson to the Sky Worshippers
Section 7: The Pre-Dynastic Pharaohs of Egypt
Division of Time in Egyptian History
Short Synopsis of The Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms of Egypt
Section 8: Ibrahim, Sarah, and their Journey to Egypt
Story: Hagar and the Third Lie
Section 9: Jerusalem: Who Was There First?
Story: The Wise Man and the Student-Jerusalem
Section 10: Ibrahim, “The Father of Prophets”
Part 1: Ibrahim’s Marriage to Hagar
Part 2: The History of Mecca
Part 3: Hajj and Hagar Through the Eyes of a Convert
Story: Hajj and the Convert
Section 11: The Legacy of Ibrahim: Ismail and Ishaaq
Unit 5: Lut and the City of Sodom
Section 1: History and Location of Sodom
Part 1: The Economy of Sodom
Part 2: The Deviancy of Sodom
Part 3: The Angels Come to Town
Section 2: The End of Sodom as told by Daghootha, The Daughter of Lut
Story: Daghootha’s Narrative
Section 3: Archeological Evidence for the Complete Destruction of Sodom
Unit 6: Stonehenge, the Indus Valley, and China
Section 1: The Building of Stonehenge
Section 2: The Indus Valley- Its History and Demise-A C R O S T I C Poem
Fascinating Facts: Hinduism birthing Buddhism in India
Section 3: China - Beautiful and Plain, Tolerant and Repressive
Story: Its Turbulent History as Told by the Emperor’s Sage
Unit 7: The Ibrahimic Legacy Continues with His Sons
Section 1: Ismail the Gentle: His Beginnings and Mention in the Qur’an
Story: Hagar and Ismail’s Wife
Section 2: The Unyielding Submission of Ismail
Story: A Sacrifice Worthy of Jannah!
Fascinating Facts: The Ram Horns
Section 3: The Building of the Kaaba
Fascinating Facts: the Ebla Tablets
Section 4: Ishaaq, the Prolific Seed of Virtue
The Family Palm Tree of Ibrahim – Tracing the Prophets
Section 5: Ebla, Hud, and Hammurabi: The “Code of Laws”
Unit 8: Yaqoob – The Imperturbable Patriarch
Section 1: Yaqoob - His Birth, Childhood, Banishment, and Return
Part 1: Yaqoob’s Twelve Children - The Tribes of Bani Israel
Section 2: Yusuf-From Slave to Vizier-His Many Trials
Story: Living in Egypt in the Time of Yusuf
Story: Yusuf and Benjamin, A Conversation that Could Have Been
Section 3: Historical Narrative for the Time of Yaqoob and Yusuf
Part 1: The Voice from the Yemeni Grave - Proof of the Famine
Section 4: A Mosaic of the Known World 5000 BCE to 1000 BCE
Part 1: Crete – Early Greece and the Minoans
Part 2: The Alps - 4000 BCE and Beyond
Part 3: The British Isles – 12,000 BCE to 2100 BCE
Part 4: From Sumer to Peru – Pre-Inca to 3000 BCE
Unit 9: Shu’aib, Ayub, and Dhul Kifl
Section 1: Shu’aib and the People of Midian
Story: Wael and the Story of Shu’aib
Section 2: Ayub (Job) – The Perpetually Patient Prophet
Section 3: Dhul Kifl – Bishr, Son of Ayub
Unit 10 Part 1: Musa and Harun
Section 1: Young Musa’s Trip Down the Nile
Story: Musa’s Sister Follows Him Down the Nile
Section 2: Asiya, the Adopted Mother of Musa
The Peal of Laughter Heard in Jannah
Part 1: The Royal Arranged Marriage
Part 2: The Daughter of Pharaoh, Her Hairdresser, and the Declaration of Faith
Part 3: The Sweet Bliss of Persecution
Section 3: The Culture and Times around Musa’s Birth
Section 4: Musa’s Accidental Slaying and His Refuge in Midian
Section 5: The Gift of Prophethood and the Burning Bush
Story: The Brambly Bush Speaks
Section 6: Musa and Harun go to Pharaoh
Section 7: Magicians to Martyrs
Story: Thethi the Magician’s Conversion
Section 8: The Plagues and Royal Promises Broken
Section 9: Qaroon the Treacherous vs the Cousin of Pharaoh, a Noble Believer
Section 10: The Exodus and the Splitting of the Waters
Part 1: The Leaving by Night of Bani Israel
Story: Reuben Crosses the Parted Sea
Part 2: The Pharaoh Makes Chase
Unit 11 Part II: Musa and Bani Israel
Section 1: Pharaoh on Display: Remains to be Seen!
Part 1: Maurice Bucaille and the Mummy- A Conversion Story
Section 2: The New Kingdom in Egypt-History of the 18th Dynasty
Section 3: Bani Israel: The Children of Yaqoob “The Chosen”
Part 1: The First Betrayal
Part 2: Food and Water in the Desert
Part 3: Refusal at the Gates of Jerusalem
Section 4: The 10 Commandments, Golden Calf, and Defiant Hearts
Story: The Wise Man Sees
Section 5: The Sins of the Sabbath
Section 6: The Heifer, the Dead Man, and Hardened Hearts
Section 7: Musa and Khidr-The Explanation of Good and Evil
Section 8: Musa and the Angel of Death
Part 1: How Bani Israel Vexed Musa
Part 2: The Angel of Death Loses an Eye
Part 3: Hadiths Regarding Musa in Paradise
Section 9: The Hittites, the Assyrians, and the Kassites in the New Kingdom 1500 BCE
Section 10: Prophet Yushua: The Successor of Musa and Harun
Part 1: The Day the Sun Paused
Part 2: The Joshua Tree in the Mojave Desert
Fascinating Facts about Qiblas
Section 11: Origins of the Semitic Languages
Section 12: Timeline of Bani Israel
Section 13: Bridging the Gap Between Musa and Dawoud 1500-1000 BCE
Part 1: The Origin of the Americas-The Olmecs, the Dogon of Africa and The Native Americans
Part 2: The Collapse of the Bronze Age Civilizations
Unit 12: Dawoud, Suleiman, Ilyas, and Al-Yasa’
A Line of Prophets to Bani Israel
Section 1: Dawoud, the Melodious Shepherd Who Would Be King
Part 1: Jalut of the Philistines
Part 2: Talut (Saul) of Bani Israel
Part 3: The Defeat of Jalut
Story: Hasrun Narrates Dawoud’s victory over Jalut
Part 4: The Early Kingship of Dawoud: Succeeding Talut
Part 5: Archeological Evidence for the Kingdom of Dawoud
Part 6: The Death of Dawoud
Section 2: Encircling the Domain of Dawoud: Damascus, Gaza, and Ammon
Section 3: Suleiman, Son of Dawoud
Part 1: Suleiman, the King
Part 2: Suleiman, the Prophet, and Al-Aqsa
Part 3: Suleiman, the Gifted
Story: The Truest of Fairytales, The Magical King
Part 4: Suleiman’s Army and the Queen of Saba
Part 5: Steeds and Deeds-Suleiman and His Horses
Part 6: Transporting on the Whirl of the Wind
Part 7: Domesticating Demons-His Power Over the Jinn
Part 8: Suleiman’s Judgment: Venerable Verdict
Story: The Wise Man, The Student, and the Myth of Suleiman’s Magic
Part 9: The Deferred Death of Suleiman
Fascinating Facts: The Island from Mars
Socotra off the Coast of Yemen
Section 5: Ilyas and Al-Yasa
Preachers of Truth to Bani Israel 900 BCE
Section 6: Ohio at the Time of Dawoud, the Adena Culture
Unit 13: Yunus (Jonah)
Prophet of the Waves
Story: The Dwelling Place of Yunus
Section 1: The Assyrian Empire 3000 BCE to Yunus 800 BCE
Section 2: Yunus Warning His People, His Leaving, and Their Repentance
Section 3: Yunus and the Whale: Repentance and Redemption
Section 4: Under the Shade of Gourds: His Healing and Return
Section 5: The End of the Assyrians
Fascinating Facts: the History of Polo
Section 6: Timeline between Yunus and Isa 874 BCE to 1 CE
Unit 14: Zakariya, Yahya, Maryam, and Isa
Story: The Wise Man and the Christians
Section 1: The History of Rome, Tiberius, and Herod
Part 1: Rome and Herod
Part 2: Pontius Pilate
Part 3: Maryam
Part 4: Isa
Section 2: Sayings of Isa from the Islamic Tradition
Unit 15: Non-Muslim Testimonials about Prophet Muhammad
Appendix: Sources for Volume 1 and Picture Attributions